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Landscape training manuals - The Landscape Training Manuals offer industry information in conservation and sustainability; new topics such as aquatic plant maintenance in water features; greater emphasis on safety and communication; and more practice problems, graphics and photographs! The manuals include access to web-based videos in English and Spanish that demonstrate important technician tasks like sod installation, tree planting and pruning. This is a great tool for training employees and preparing for the Landscape Industry Certified Technician test.

There are three manuals, each available in English or Spanish: Installation, Irrigation, and Maintenance.

Cost: $70 per manual for ALCC members, $105 per manual for non-members

Buy any 3 and save: $185 per set of 3 for ALCC members, $277.50 per set of 3 for non-members.

This report details the findings of a 2016 Colorado wage/salary survey for landscape company positions in landscape installation, maintenance, and irrigation as well as higher-level management positions.

The Rocky Mountain Landscape Design Guide - A manual to help Colorado residents develop landscapes well suited to the state's environment. 45 pages of detailed descriptions along with more than 350 full-color pictures of 200+ trees, shrubs, perennials, fruits, grasses and water plants.

Written by one of the nation’s most highly regarded green industry consultants, this popular pricing publication features hands-on explanations, how-to examples and formats, and more insight into how to deal with today’s competition. Topics include packaging your prices, valid pricing methods, and the tools you need to price successfully.

How does your company's financial performance compare with other lawn and landscape companies in your area - across the country for that matter? Find out in the 2016 Operating Cost Study for the Landscape Industry Companies nationwide contributed data from their 2015 income statements, balance sheets, and operating costs to this report, which features trending analysis for the industry.

Planning a successful perennial garden in Colorado, the Rocky Mountains and High Plains comes with its share of soil and climate challenges. Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountain High Plains is a comprehensive guide to the best performing perennials based on performance results from Colorado State University's W.D. Holley Plant Environmental Research Center (PERC). This book is a necessary tool for the horticulture industry, landscape architects and designers, park personnel, the home gardener, and horticulturists in the Rocky Mountain-High Plains region.

This guide takes the mystery out of Xeriscape gardening, referencing more than 100 water-wise trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vines, ground cover, grasses, and shade plants chosen to add color and diversity to any landscape. Each portrait is illustrated with color botanical illustrations and photographs, detailing the characteristics, landscaping use, and growing conditions of the plant. With the increasing national concern over water consumption, gardeners and landscapers will find Xeriscaping a practical approach to creating a landscape in tune with the environment.

With lavish full-color photography, wide-ranging advice, and comprehensive charts, water-wise experts showcase the Xeriscape principles that will let you enhance your property with less work and less water.Xeriscape Colorado's remarkable before-and-after illustrations help you visualize solutions to your own home-landscape challenges.

A practical, step-by-step, guide that contains over 95 detailed job descriptions specifically written for Green Industry professionals for virtually every position in your company to help entrepreneurs build a high-performance team that requires minimal supervision. This book contains information that will help you run your company better, smarter and more profitably. Also includes sample employment ads and incentive program outlines.